Only news of late is a slight rise in the average MBE score. There is speculation about the cause, but given the legal academy's penchant both for kicking the can down the road and general despicableness it likely involved shitcanning the same nitwits the school welcomed with open arms two years earlier. We'll see when they publish attrition rates and the number of first-time test takers for each school.
One commenter suggested the median score didn't change and that the increase is due to the top half of the median scoring higher while the water heads continue to flail. Again, we'll see.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
| Not seasonally adjusted | August | 2015 | 1,121,500 | |
| June | 2016 | 1,133,300 | ||
| July | 2016 | 1,134,700 | ||
| August | 2016 | 1,128,400 | 6,900 | |
| Seasonally adjusted | August | 2015 | 1,118,600 | |
| June | 2016 | 1,124,000 | ||
| July | 2016 | 1,125,000 | ||
| August | 2016 | 1,125,000 | 6,400 | |
| Change from Jul-16 to Aug-16 | 0 |
When the 1200 or so new Illinois Bar admittees were sworn in this past May, my attorney buddy asked, "Where are there even 500 jobs?"
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